Theatre

American Idiot — On Broadway

September 13, 2010
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American Idiot by Billie Joe Armstrong, Michael Mayer and Green Day I don’t quite know what to write about this one as I don’t think they gave me enough in the 9o minutes to really critique it—-as a piece of Musical Theatre, that is. Is it loud?  Yes.  Is the dancing ‘gritty’?  Yes.  Did they […]

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Lend Me A Tenor – On Broadway

July 19, 2010
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Lend Me A Tenor by Ken Ludwig What a fun night in the theatre!  This is an old-fashioned farce.  Plenty of sight gags…. foreign accents….mistaken identities…an over-bearing father… a nervous young man…flirtatious aggressive women…a cheeky hotel clerk….the list goes on and on.  This was a show where the entire audience roared with laughter again again….and […]

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That Face – Off Broadway

June 8, 2010
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That Face by Polly Stenham How do you feel about uncomfortable?  About feeling uncomfortable?  If you enjoy being slightly unnerved, not knowing who exactly to feel for sorry for…or more likely feeling sorry for each character at different times, but not sure how much slack to cut them because they each share in the blame…..this […]

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Collected Stories – On Broadway

June 1, 2010
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Collected Stories by David Margulies If you love words or writing—this play is for you.  It’s one of those plays where early on, you hear a line and you think to yourself:  “That’s it. That says it perfectly. I’m going to have to remember this line.”  And you repeat it to yourself (silently, of course, […]

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